Hughes County, OK Roof Snow Load - 10 psf
How much snow is too much for a roof in Hughes County, OK?
10 psf: that's what ASCE 7-22 requires a typical heated home's roof in Hughes County to carry. The physics-based figure alone would be 7 psf, but ASCE 7's own low-slope minimum (§7.3.4) sets a floor of 10 psf for flat and low-pitch roofs here, which is the number that actually governs.
Picture it, not just weigh it: 22 in. if it's fresh powder, 8 in. once it settles, or a mere 2 in. if it's ice. A modest addition to standard roof loading. Ordinary residential construction handles this without extra bracing.
Hughes County, OK: quick facts
- Design roof snow load10 psf
- Ground snow load, ASCE 7 map10 psf
- National rank#1,966 of 2,758
- Oklahoma rank#57 of 77
- Population13,371
- Annual snowfall, NOAA normal2.1 in.
- FIPS40063
How Hughes County compares
10 psf ranks #1,966 of 2,758 US counties with a mapped snow load (top 71%) - and #57 of 77 in Oklahoma. 11 psf is Oklahoma's typical county figure - Hughes County comes in 1 psf under it.
Population 13,371 (FIPS 40063), roughly 35.0529°N 96.2512°W. The 10 psf ground snow load ASCE 7-22 maps here becomes 10 psf once the code's own design factors are applied.
Typical snowfall in Hughes County, OK
NOAA's 30-year normal for Hughes County: 2.1 in. of snow a year, from the HOLDENVILLE 2SSE, OK US station. (fresh vs. packed vs. ice explains why.)
What this Hughes County figure assumes
This is a county-level reference figure for a typical heated home built to Risk Category II (ordinary residential), on a partially exposed lot - the assumptions ASCE 7-22 itself treats as the default case. A steeper roof, a fully exposed hilltop lot, an unheated structure, or a higher risk category all change the actual number.
Hughes County's permit office wants an address-specific figure, not this county average - the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool is free, takes under a minute, and outputs a PDF most reviewers accept. See the methodology guide.